Rest for electric irons



Dec. 1, 1953 H. w. WILSON RESTFOR ELECTRIC IRONS 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed June 3. 1949 INVENTOR. Herbert W Wilson ATTORNEY.

1953 H. w. WILSON 2,660,820

REST FOR ELECTRIC IRONS Filed June 5, 1949 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOH. Herbal! WWilson ATTORNEY.

Patented Dec. 1, 1953 REST FOR ELECTRIC IRONS Herbert W. Wilson, North Canton, Ohio, assignor to The Hoover Company, North Canton, Ohio,

a corporation of Ohio Application June 3, 1949, Serial No. 96,921

4 *Glaims.

This invention relates to electric pressing irons and more particularly to means for supportm-g the iron in a rest position and forming the means to expose the rear of the sole plate when the latter is used for pressing materials.

An object of the invention is to provide a new and improved iron. A further object is to provide an iron having the heel of the "sole plate arcuately shaped and terminating in pointed ends for pressing, for "example, shirt n'eckbands and frilled material. Another object is to provide means for supporting the iron in upended rest position, the means being bowed inwardly toward the iron body to expose the heel of the sole plate whereby the latter is visible to the op- 'erator when pressing material. :A further object is to provide means for supporting an iron in a side rest position or upended rest position, the means also cooling the handle. Other objects and advantages of the invention will :be apparent from the following description and drawings wherein:

Figure .1 is 'a top view of one embodiment 'of the invention;

Figure 2 is a sideview with parts broken away;

Figure 3 is a top view of another embodiment of the invention; and Y Figure '4 is 'a side view thereof with parts broken away.

The embodiment of the invention disclosed in Figures '1 and '2 comprises a sole plate it, cover shell H "and handle E2 the latter being attached to the shell H "by "a front bracket l3 and-screws Hi-it and a rear bracket "having screws f5 f6. The shell 11 is 'secured'to the sole late it by a screw I 'l threaded into a stud 58 mounted on the sole plate, and by another screw 1% thread ed into a bracket which is suitably attached to the sole plate. A temperature control dial 2! is disposed between the handle legs to adjust an unshown thermostat which varies the ironing temperature of the sole plate to.

The sole plate It is provided with a pointed front end 23 and two side walls 24 and 25 which terminate in points 26 and 2'! respectively of a heel 28. Extending from the points 26 and 2'! of the heel 25 is a wall 29 which is bowed inwardly and inclined upwardly as indicated at 36 to provide an arcuate end for pressing, as an example, the neckbands and armpits of a shirt. The pointed ends 26 and 21 are useful, for example, in pressing frills and gathered materials.

The rear end of the cover shell II is provided with an arcuate end terminating in iron rest supports 36-36 which project beyond the arouate heel 2S'and are ofiset with respect to the pointed .ends 26 and 21 of the sole plate it, and the arcuate end 3'5 is bowed inwardly of the arcuate heel 2a to expose the latter to the view of the operator. At the rear end of the handle 12 is a support 38 which cooperates with the rests 36-36 on the icover shell II to support the iron thereon when upended to its rest position on a surface 35, shown in dotted lines in Figure 2, whereby the corners 2t and '2? of the sole plate are spaced from the supporting surface .39.

When it is desired to press, for example, "the 'neckband of a mans shirt, the razrcuate heel 23 is of advantage because of its bowed configuretion, and the arcuate heel as is visibleto the operator since the Billflufite portion 355 of the cover shell 4 i is bowed inwardly of the sole plate. The projecting iron rests Fit-35 :are offset with respect to the pointed ends '25 and 2:! of the sole plate and thus do not interfere with the openators lineof when ironing with the pointed ends to and 21.

The embodiment of the invention disclosed in Figures :3 and 4 comprises :a sole plate Ml provided with a pointed end 4:! and sidewalls 42 and i3 terminating in ;a heel 44 having an inclined inwardly concave surface '45 terminating in pointed ends :or corners 4.6 4.7.. .A cover shell 48 is attached to the soleplate All by screws A9 and so threaded respectively into astud 5i and bracket 62!.- handle 5-3 mounted on thes'hell #8 by a pair of "brackets 54 and 55.

The cover shell tshas asubstantially straight rear :end wall i516 terminating short of the arouate surface 45 of the sole plate 35 and is also provided with a marginal recessed portion 5'5 spaced upwardly from the sole plate is to re ceive therebetween a combined iron rest and cooling member 58. The member 53 is mounted on the sole plate 32 by three studs 59, and has a plurality of tongues 5E3 welded to the cover shell =38 so that the latter and the member 58 are as sembled as a unit to the sole plate 55]. The rear end 6! of the member 58 is of arcuate contour and is disposed inwardly of the arcuate heel 45 to expose the latter to the operators line of vision for ironing with the arcuate heel at. A pair of rear rest supports 52-452 are formed on the member 58 and project beyond the arcuate heel 45 for cooperation with the rear end 63 of the handle to support the iron thereon in upended rest position on a supporting surface 5 3, indicated by dotted lines in Figure 4, whereby the pointed ends 45 and 4'? of the sole plate are spaced from the surface it.

Formed integrally with the member $23 are laterally extending side rest members 65 and 51 either of which cooperate with the sides E858 of the handle 53 to support the iron thereon in side rest positions.

A plurality of openings 10 are formed in the member 58 to aid in reducing the temperature of the latter. The tongues 85 space the member 53 from the defining edge 57 of the cover shell 63 so that air can circulate above the member 53 and below the shell 48 to cool the latter and thus the handle, and the studs 58 space the member 58 from the sole plate 4:1! for additional air circulation therebetween to aid in cooling the member 58.

When it is desired to press, for example, neckbands and armpits of mens shirts, the arcuate heel 45 is used and the latter is visible to the op erator since the bowed portion 6i of the member 58 does not obstruct the concaved heel 45, nor do the rest supports 62-432 interfere with the operators line of vision when the corners 35 and l? are used to press frills or the like.

If it is desired to place the iron in a rest position the operator has three selections; by placing the iron in upended rear rest position the supports B262 and the rest 63 are arranged on the supporting surface 64, or by tilting the iron away from the operator the iron is supported on the rest member 61 and the adjacent edge 88 of the handle, and finally by tilting the iron toward the operator the iron is supported on the side rest 66 and the adjacent edge 68 of the handle.

I claim:

1. An electric iron comprising a body having a sole plate, a handle attached to said body and having an iron rest, said sole plate having opposed side walls terminating in an end wall, said end wall having a portion concaved toward said body and forming with the adjacent ends of each of said side walls a pointed end, means on said body disposed above said sole plate and having an end concaved toward said body and lying within the limits of said end wall to expose said concaved portion of said sole plate when viewed from above, said means terminating at its opposite ends in iron rest means cooperating with said handle rest to support said iron when the latter is upended into iron rest position, said iron rest means being offset inwardly of said body with respect to said pointed ends whereby said rest means do not interfere with the operators line of vision when ironing with said pointed ends and said concaved end wall.

2. An electric iron comprising a body having a sole plate, a handle attached to said body and having an iron rest, said sole plate having a heel bowed inwardly toward said body and forming two pointed ends, a pair of spaced rest members on said body projecting beyond said bowed portion of said heel above said sole plate and 00- operating with said handle rest to support said iron when the latter is upended into rest position, and said spaced rest members being offset with respect to said pointed ends and spaced from each other to expose the bowed heel whereby said spaced rest members do not interfere with the operators line of vision when ironing with said pointed ends and said bowed sole plate.

3. An electric iron comprising a body having a sole plate, a handle attached to said body and having an iron rest, said sole plate having a heel bowed inwardly toward said body for pressing material, and iron rest means on said body above said heel and cooperating with said handle rest to support said iron when upended into iron rest position, said iron rest means being concaved toward said body inwardly of said heel to expose said heel whereby said rest means does not interfere with the operators line of vision when ironing with said heel.

4. An electric iron comprising a body having a sole plate, a handle attached to said body and having an iron rest, said sole plate having a heel end terminating in spaced pointed ends for pressing material, a cooling vane on said body and spaced from said sole plate to form an air passageway therebetween, said cooling vane having a portion terminating short of said heel to expose the latter when viewed from above, said cooling vane portion terminating at its opposite ends in iron rest means cooperating with said handle rest to support said iron when the latter is upended into rest position, said rest means on said-cooling vane being offset with respect to said pointed ends of said heel to expose the pointed ends whereby said iron rest means do not interfere with the operators line of vision when ironing with said heel and said pointed ends.

' HERBERT W. WILSON.

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